Post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) is a state of confusion that occurs immediately following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in which the injured person is disoriented and unable to remember events that occur after the injury.
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Wernicke's encephalopathy is a degenerative brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1). It may result from alcohol abuse, dietary deficiencies, prolonged vomiting, eating disorders, or the effects of chemotherapy. B1 deficiency causes damage to the brain's thalamus and hypothalamus.
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Answer: Psilocybin ( magic mushrooms)
Symptoms of the magic mushrooms are known to include feeling relaxed or drowsy, nausea, yawning, introspective experience, panic, nervousness, paranoia, hallucinations, and psychosis.
The effects of hallucinogens are physical (relating to the state of the body) and psychological (relating to mental and emotional state of mind) and hazardous when someone abuses them in the long-term and they include;
-Dilated Pupils -Profuse Sweating -Dry Mouth -Tremors -Nausea -Numbness, -Increased Heart Rate (Brainstem) -High Blood Pressure (Brainstem) -Dizziness (Cerebellum) -Loss of Appetite (Hypothalamus) -Mood Swings (Frontal Lobe) -Anxiety (Frontal Lobe).
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Other examples of hallucinogens includes,
- LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
- PCP (phencyclidine)
- ketamine
- mescaline (peyote cactus)
- morning glory seeds
- datura.
